London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's senior adviser, Dominic Cummings, has symptoms of coronavirus and is self-isolating at home, the Daily Mail's political editor said on Monday. "Dominic Cummings has developed symptoms of coronavirus over the weekend and is now self-isolating," Jason Groves said. "No 10 source says he remains 'in contact'." Johnson on Friday became the first leader of a major world power to test positive for the virus.
His health minister, Matt Hancock, also tested positive and the government's chief medical adviser, Chris Whitty, is self-isolating.
Britain initially took an approach to containing the spread of the disease that was modest in comparison to European countries such as Italy.